Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor and arranger, best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 26-year career, Tyler has scored seven installments of the ''

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'' franchise, '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'', '' Rambo'', ''

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'', '' The Expendables trilogy'', ''

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'', '' Now You See Me'', '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' alongside

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, '' Crazy Rich Asians'' and '' The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' among others. He also composed and re-arranged the current fanfare of the

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logo, originally composed by

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, for Universal Pictures' 100th anniversary, which debuted with ''

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'' (2012), and composed the 2013–2016

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logo, which debuted with '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), which he also composed the film's score. He composed the ''NFL Sunday Countdown Theme'' for

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, the

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theme (also used in

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and

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), and the anthem for the

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. He is also behind the soundtrack of many television series including ''

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''. For his work as a film composer, he won the IFMCA Awards 2014 Composer of the Year. His composition for the film '' Last Call'' earned him the first of three Emmy nominations, a gold record, and induction into the music branch of the

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. As of November 2017, his films have grossed $12 billion worldwide, putting him in the top 10 highest-grossing film composers of all time.

Early life and education

Tyler was born and raised in

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. His grandfather was art director Walter H. Tyler. One of his first major influences was his pianist grandmother. He holds a

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from the

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and a

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from

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. Growing up, he taught himself to play dozens of musical instruments, including drums, piano, guitar, bass, cello, world percussion, synthesizer, charango and bouzouki.

Career

Tyler began scoring features shortly after graduating from Harvard.

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, who was impressed with Tyler's music, encouraged him to pursue a career in film scoring. Tyler's first film score was for the

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''Bartender'' (1997), directed by Gabe Torres. The following year, he and Red Elvises composed the score for '' Six-String Samurai'' (1998). Tyler's breakthrough came in the early 2000s, after composing for the '' Frailty'' (2001). His work on '' Last Call'' (2002) earned him an induction into the music branch of the

. Director

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, impressed with Tyler's work on ''Frailty'', engaged him to compose for '' The Hunted'' (2003), which earned Tyler a World Soundtrack Award in 2002 for Best New Film Composer of the Year. Starting in 2003, Tyler began working on big-budget films, including ''

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'' (2003), '' Godsend'' (2004), ''

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'' (2005), and '' Constantine'' (2005). His cues for ''Children of Dune'' were used in multiple other theatrical film trailers, including '' Master and Commander'' (2003), ''

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'' (2005), '' Cinderella Man'' (2005), '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005), ''

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'' (2008), and ''

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'' (2009). The track "Summon the Worms" was used as a leader for the Dutch show ''Peking Express'', and in the first leaked promotional reel for '' The Golden Compass'' (2007). In 2007, he was hired to compose for '' Partition'' (2007), where he integrated Indian and Middle Eastern music with orchestral writing. He conducted the orchestral portion of the score with the

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in Los Angeles. On September 5, 2011, Tyler announced that he was in talks to score the 2011 remake of '' Highlander'', and pilot episodes for the animated series '' Transformers: Prime''. He scored four episodes of the latter. In 2012, Tyler scored and arranged a new version of the fanfare of the

logo, originally composed by

, in observance of the studio's 100th anniversary. The new score added a choir, a more majestic arranging style, and a closing drum cadence. It made its debut alongside the logo with ''

'' on March 2, 2012. In 2013, Tyler composed the fanfare of

, which made its debut alongside the logo with '' Thor: The Dark World'', which he also composed the score of the film, on October 23, 2013, at the

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. In addition to composing

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for ''

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'' (2014), an original song was released for the film entitled " Shell Shocked", credited to Tyler, as his stage name Madsonik,

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, Moxie Raia, and Seann Bowe. It reached No. 2 on the iTunes hip-hop singles charts and has sold over 500,000 copies. On October 12, 2016, Tyler was hired to score the 2017 action-adventure film '' XXX: Return of Xander Cage''. He also contributed to the soundtrack by his stage name Madsonik, in a collaboration with Tom Morello and Kill The Noise entitled "Divebomb". On March 2, 2018, he announced on Twitter that he had been hired to write a new theme for

; it was released on March 23. The theme was also used in both

and

since 2019, as well as the

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since 2023. In August 2018, a 27-track soundtrack composed by Tyler for the cable TV series ''

'' was issued in CD format and as an MP3 download on Amazon. On July 16, 2024, it was announced that Tyler composed the official anthem of the

(an

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tournament series held in

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), entitled "Dare to Triumph".

Personal life

Tyler got divorced from his first wife on December 23, 2009. He remarried on June 29, 2013. He has no children.

Discography

Theatrical films

Short films

Television film

Television series

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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